Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Turns out the `` gotcha '' moment in Thursday 's New Hampshire debate was n't so clear cut .

Republican Scott Brown , who is vying for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen 's seat , appeared to botch a question on New Hampshire geography during the final debate in the contentious race .

But after some post-debate map-checking , the former senator from Massachusetts , who moved back to New Hampshire after losing his Senate seat in 2013 , actually got an apology from the reporter who questioned the candidate 's familiarity with state geography .

So did Brown get it right and WMUR 's James Pindell got it wrong ? Turns out , both were partly right .

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First , the incident :

Pindell , one of the state 's top political reporters , had his sights set on Brown 's relative lack of in-state credentials and asked Brown to talk specifically about economic conditions in Sullivan County -- one of 10 counties in the state .

Brown did n't get into the specifics of Sullivan County , but talked about the economic conditions `` up North . ''

`` We 're talking about Sullivan County , and I think you were talking about the north country , '' Pindell interjected , referring to the northern tier of the state that does n't include Sullivan County .

`` I 'm talking about any place past Concord , actually , '' Brown retorted .

Pindell stuck to his line , explaining that Sullivan County is `` west of Concord , it 's not north of Concord , Sen. Brown . ''

That changed after the debate when Pindell apologized on air and said `` Scott Brown was right , I was wrong . ''

Now , the fact check :

Most of Sullivan County is in fact north of the capital city of Concord , but Sullivan County is also further west of the city than it is north .

And a sliver of the county is even south of Concord , according to several maps .

So in truth , the vast majority Sullivan County is northwest of Concord , and even Brown conceded in a post-debate press conference that he `` should have been more specific . ''

`` I 've visited every county and I 'm going to continue to take that message of independence to every county , '' he said .

The nuance did n't keep Shaheen 's campaign from pouncing on the opportunity to highlight Brown 's outsider status .

Shaheen 's campaign even announced after the debate that she would head to Sullivan County on Friday .

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Scott Brown appeared to botch a question on New Hampshire geography in the final Senate debate

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But it 's not so clear he did , and the reporter who asked the question even apologized

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Most of Sullivan County is north of Concord , but it 's further west of the capital city